Capitulo 7: Utilidad de las familias tipográficas

Abstract

Typographic fonts, groups of characters or systems, as we have called them above, are linked to other fonts to systems, as we have called them above, are linked with others to give rise to type families. families. While it is true that there are several classifications and that they are even labeled as unnecessary, it is important to consider that, for the designer are even labeled as unnecessary, it is important to consider that for the graphic designer in training it is valuable to identify the characteristics of the typeface family. graphic designer in training, it is valuable to identify the formal characteristics that make a typeface family characteristics that make one typeface family different from another. However, there is also the superfamily, which is "made up of dozens of related fonts with multiple weights and/or widths, often multiple weights and/or widths, often with versions with and without finials" (Lupton, 2014, p. 50), as is the case with the Rotis typeface created by Otl Aicher around 1989.